Status Updates From Apeirogon

This passage had some gruesome details! The tightrope is about to walk over the valley of death where babies were burned alive in a ritual sacrifice 😱 p 153. The bird imagery continues to be strong and I am putting little gull signs on passages where birds are spoken of.

It’s great all of a sudden. It was good before but the pace and momentum have shifted gears. I love the fragmented narrative.

The bird narratives are quite horrific. Pigeons used as bait to lure falcons by boys under thatched ditches. And the Prometheus scan of trained eagles pecking prisoners to death on page 101 - with a silver cross around their necks! 🫣😳

Just beginning and love the structure in terms of the numbered passages that switch themes or link themes. The symbolism of birds is not yet clear but it is intriguing. I’ve looked up Anaya and the Shufat refugee camp